Yea, thought of this while writing the previous message. The authoriatarian state probably wouldn't care if I had a boating accident, they'd just imprison me either way Maybe it is just the idea of privacy that I'm attracted to. Probably the benefits of "Keeping a legal record of ownership" as you said,outweight the benefits of achieving unlinkability(is this a word?). Especially since the KYC mistake has already been made.

From everybody I guess lol. Maybe that one exchange itself isn't a problem, but if a nation state would want to disclose everyone owning BTC, the exchange would of course hand over the information. I just like the idea that no one would be able to link me with a BTC address. At least at the moment given that not too many public organizations are BTC friendly. I don't think them embracing BTC in the future is given by any means.


This is a really good point which I hadn't thought. I guess mention authorities would ask the question even if I had just sent BTC to a mixer.
Gonna have to give this some thought.
 

Thanks Yeah, this is actually what I meant. Not making myself untraceable per se, but rather breaking the link. I will switch to a non-KYC exchange though so getting this particular public key banned wouldn't bother me anyway.
Let's see if the quote work, no idea how the formating works here

Greetings

I'm kinda of a BTC noob looking from guidance on switching the way I store my BTC and thereby enhancing my privacy and safety of storage.

My current scenario: I've been dumb enough to buy my BTC via a KYC exchange. I've also not switched the public key between withdrawals. I'm currently using Exodus hot wallet but would like to switch to cold storing my BTC. Also, I'm not looking to spend my BTC any time soon, so security over accessability is preferred.

Questions I have:
- How do I make myself untraceable in the network? That is, how do I get my BTCs to a new address, that is not linked to my ID via the KYC exchange?
- How do I keep the costs as low as possible?
- What would be the best storing solution for long term BTC storing? I guess some kind of an multi-sig solution would be the best?

My sincerest thanks to everyone answering